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April 14, 2024 35 mins
Tressa serves as a tour guide, if you will, through her "Day at DICK's" for the Opening of DICK's House of Sport Pittsburgh. Since 2014, via their Sports Matter Program, DICK's has dontated $100 million to Youth Sports. In celebration of its 10-year anniversary, the Program is giving $2 million in Anniversary Grants, funded by DSG, to empower even more young athletes to pursue their passions. Tressa talks with several people, including yinzers who waited in line overnight for the doors to open, Nelson Cooper and Brian Jacobson from Pittsburgh Hardball Academy, Amanda Sullivan (Program Director) from Steel City Squash, Javier Perez (Executive Director) from House of Sport Pittsburgh, and Pittsburgh Penguins' Defenseman Kris Letang. DICK's Sporting Goods Foundation | Sports Matter Program: https://www.sportsmatter.org/ DICK's House of Sport Pittsburgh: https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/s/marketing/houseofsport Pittsburgh Sports Matter 2024 Grant Recipients: 412 Elite Bethlehem Center School Duquesne City School District Girls on the Run of UPMC Magee McKeesport Area School District Monroeville In-House Soccer Pittsburgh Hardball Academy Pittsburgh Youth National Boxing Team Rise Again Steel City Squash Pittsburgh Hardball Academy: https://www.pittsburghhardball.org/ Steel City Squash: https://steelcitysquash.org/ https://www.yinzaregood.com/ Instagram: @yinzaregood Facebook: @YinzAreGood Have a story of GENEROSITY or KINDNESS to share with us? Email us at yinzaregood@gmail.com To request a KINDNESS CRATE drop off at your business or school, email us at yinzaregood@gmail.com
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